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Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf

Cellist

Since 2002, Mairi Dorman-Phaneuf has held chairs in 14 Broadway productions, including The Bridges of Madison County, A Little Night Music, Sunday in the Park with George and, currently, Fiddler on The Roof. She has been a featured performer with John Pizzarelli, Jeremy Jordan, and Jason Robert Brown. She has appeared in multiple TV broadcasts, including the Live From Lincoln Center Broadcasts; Joshua Bell with Friends @ The Penthouse and Chita Rivera: A Lot of Livin’ To Do. As a classical soloist and chamber musician, she has performed in the major venues of Europe, Asia, and the US. Highlights include performances of the Saint-Saens, Elgar and Dvorak Cello concerti. A graduate of the Guildhall School of Music in London, she holds a Masters and a Doctoral Degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She lives in Hartsdale, NY, with her husband, saxophonist, Marc Phaneuf.

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Diane Ackerman is the author of 24 works of nonfiction and poetry. Her works include the New York Times best sellers The Human Age: The World Shaped by Us, which received the PEN Henry David Thoreau Award and One Hundred Names for Love, a finalist for both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Circle Critics Award.

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